Triptych with the Crucifixion, Saints and Donors, 1530 – 1540

Dimensions: 133.4 x 88.7 x max. 1.0 cm
minimum depth: 0.4 cm

Physical Description: Mixed technique on oak

Inventory Number: LG 74A

Acquisition: On permanent loan from Evangelische Hoffnungsgemeinde Frankfurt am Main

Status: On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 2

Texts

About the Work

Until recently, this important triptych by a northern Netherlandish painter hung unrecognized and ignored in the Protestant Church of St Matthew at the edge of Frankfurt’s station district. Following extensive conservation and restoration it is now on permanent loan to the Städel a splendid example of pre-iconoclasm Dutch painting. It combines Netherlandish pictorial tradition with motifs and stylistic elements borrowed from Italian art.

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Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Triptych with the Crucifixion, Saints and Donors

Painter

North Netherlandish Master ca. 1530
Jan Swart ? alternatively

Tryptich: Triptych with the Crucifixion, Saints and Donors

Part Number / Total: 1 / 5

Period Produced

16th century

School

Renaissance

Object Type

painting (artwork)

Physical Description: Mixed technique on oak

Material

oak wood

Technique

mixed technique

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

permanent loan

Creditline: Städel Museum, Dauerleihgabe der Evangelischen Hoffnungsgemeinde Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Acquisition: On permanent loan from Evangelische Hoffnungsgemeinde Frankfurt am Main

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Persons Shown

Illustrated Passage

Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,35-56
Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,22-41
Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,32-49
Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,18-30

Iconclass

Primary

73D61 comprehensive representations of the events on Golgotha during Christ's hanging on the cross, no particular event emphasized
73D58 the superscription: I(esus) N(azarenus) R(ex) I(udaeorum) ~ Christ's crucifixion
73D625 bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist; Mary may be shown swooning
11HH(MYRRHOPHORES) the three (sometimes four) Maries together; possible attributes: jar of ointment
73DD644 crucified Christ with Stephaton and/or Longinus - DD - the three crosses
45B the soldier; the soldier's life
12A521 high priest ~ hierarchy of priests